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Elizabeth Soliday, Ph.D.

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Research

Research Area
My research program centers around maternal-child health, specifically on the transactions between perinatal care patients and their medical providers as they relate to a variety of maternal and child outcomes.

Current Research Projects
Prenatal care, medical experiences, and maternal outcomes: A mixed-methods, longitudinal study involving extensive interviews with women before and after the birth of their babies. Focus of interviews and quantitative measures is health care experiences, maternal anxiety and depression, and traumatic stress in the postpartum period.

Prenatal care utilization and birth outcomes in immigrant and minority women: A longitudinal study focused on improving prenatal care utilization in underserved populations.

Undergraduate Student Involvement in Research
WSU Vancouver undergraduates often participate on my research team. Undergraduates become involved in a variety of research roles, and many of my former team members have gone on to graduate school in psychology or related fields, while others are employed in positions related to their undergraduate psychology training. Students engage in a number of activities, including:

Literature searches: helping cross-check data bases for current literature on ongoing projects.
Data entry: using MS Excel, entering patient data, checking data for accuracy.
Data collection: working directly with families to obtain data for a specific research project. Generally requires prior experience with child populations and/or prior experience conducting research with me.
Preparing manuscripts: generally occurs with students who have considerable research experience and who wish to gain experience in writing manuscripts as preparation for graduate careers.

Course credit may be earned for research participation. Students interested in gaining research experience with children are welcome to discuss their interests with me. Please note that I thoroughly screen interested students for research participation.

Occasionally students conduct independent research projects on a topic of their own choosing (similar to an Honors thesis). If your topic relates to child psychology and/or parenting issues, feel free to contact me to discuss your ideas.

Graduate Students
The WSU Vancouver Psychology Department is integrated with the Pullman Department of Psychology. As such, WSU Vancouver Psychology faculty may supervise graduate students in Pullman's Psychology PhD programs. For students interested in WSU's APA-approved PhD program in Clinical Psychology, coursework is completed in Pullman (3-4 years), and the Vancouver campus faculty advisor provides thesis supervision. Videoconferencing, e-mail, phone conferences, and personal visits between the Vancouver branch and Pullman campus (approx. 300 miles apart) are all tools of supervision. Once required coursework and specific graduate requirements are completed, students may locate to the Vancouver campus for dissertation supervision and/or data collection. Please contact me directly if you would like more information.

Research Grants (past 7 years)
7/07: Principal Investigator, Southwest Washington Medical Center, “Medical experiences and psychological adjustment in prenatal care patients.” Longitudinal study in collaboration with Family Medicine of Southwest Washington.

7/04: Principal Investigator, Southwest Washington Medical Center, “Prenatal care utilization and birth outcomes in immigrant and minority women.” Longitudinal study conducted in collaboration with Family Medicine of Southwest Washington.

7/01: Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, "Steroid effects in pediatric ALL patients." Two year longitudinal study examining predictors of adverse effects to steroid administration.

2/01: Principal Investigator, Carcinoid Foundation, "Psychological functioning of carcinoid patients and their caregivers." Project examining predictors of psychological distress in patients and families affected by this rare malignancy.

Recent Publications
Soliday, E. (2007). Infant feeding and cognition: Inegrating a developmental perspective. Child Development Perspectives, 1, 19-25.

Soliday, E., Garofalo, J. P., & Rogers, D. (2005). Expressive writing intervention for adolescents’ somatic symptoms and mood. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 33, 792-801.

Soliday E, Garofalo J.P., Smith, S.R., Prostko, R.A., & Warner, R.R.P. (2005). Psychosocial functioning of carcinoid cancer patients: Test of a stress and coping mediated model. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 9(3), 156-171.

Soliday E., Garofalo, J.P., Smith, S.R., & Warner R.R.P. (2005). Depression and antidepressant use in gastrointestinal carcinoid cancer patients. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 9(2), 80-90.

Soliday, E. (2003). Parenting influences on children's physical health. In N. Long & M. Hoghughi (Eds.), Handbook of parenting: Theory, research, and practice, pp. 161-181. London: Sage.

Soliday, E., Moore, K. J., & Lande, M. B. (2002). Daily reports and pooled time series analysis: Pediatric psychology applications. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 27, 67-76.

Soliday, E., & Lande, M. B. (2002). Family structure and the course of steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome. Pediatric Nephrology, 17, 41-44.

Soliday, E., & Hoeksel, R. (2001). Psychosocial predictors of pediatric patients' emergency room and hospital service utilization. Psychology, Health, and Medicine, 6, 1-12.

Smith, S. R., & Soliday, E. (2001). The effects of parental kidney disease on the family. Family Relations, 50, 171-177.

Soliday, E., Kool, E., & Lande, M. B. (2001). Family environment, child behavior, and medical indicators in children with kidney disease. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 31, 279-295.

Soliday, E., & Hoeksel, R. (2000). Health beliefs and pediatric emergency department after-care adherence. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 22(4), 1-9.

Soliday, E., & Smith, S. R. (2000). Psychosocial service needs of children of parents with kidney disease. Children's Services: Social Policy, Research, and Practice, 3, 85-96.

Soliday, E., Kool, E., & Lande, M. (2000). Psychosocial adjustment in children with kidney disease. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 25, 93-103.

earch Projects

Prenatal care utilization and birth outcomes in immigrant and minority women: A longitudinal study focused on improving prenatal care utilization in underserved populations.

Steroid effects in pediatric ALL patients: A longitudinal study examining psychosocial predictors of adverse effects to steroid administration in pediatric patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL).

Undergraduate Student Involvement in Research

WSU Vancouver undergraduates often participate on my research team. Undergraduates become involved in a variety of research roles, and many of my former team members have gone on to graduate school in psychology or related fields, while others are employed in positions related to their undergraduate psychology training. Students engage in a number of activities, including:

Literature searches: helping cross-check data bases for current literature on ongoing projects.
Data entry: using MS Excel, entering patient data, checking data for accuracy.
Data collection: working directly with families to obtain data for a specific research project. Generally requires prior experience with child populations and/or prior experience conducting research with me.
Preparing manuscripts: generally occurs with students who have considerable research experience and who wish to gain experience in writing manuscripts as preparation for graduate careers.

Graduate Students

The WSU Vancouver Psychology Department is integrated with the Pullman Department of Psychology. As such, WSU Vancouver Psychology faculty may supervise graduate students in Pullman's Psychology PhD programs. For students interested in WSU's APA-approved PhD program in Clinical Psychology, coursework is completed in Pullman (3-4 years), and the Vancouver campus faculty advisor provides thesis supervision. Videoconferencing, e-mail, phone conferences, and personal visits between the Vancouver branch and Pullman campus (approx. 300 miles apart) are all tools of supervision. Once required coursework and specific graduate requirements are completed, students may locate to the Vancouver campus for dissertation supervision and/or data collection. Please contact me directly if you would like more information.

Research Grants

6/00: Principal Investigator, Psi Chi, "Cognitive effects of steroids in pediatric ALL patients."

4/00: Principal Investigator, Edward R. Meyer Foundation, "Behavioral and neurocognitive effects of steroids in children with cancer." Project conducted in collaboration with Oregon Health Sciences University Hematology/Oncology faculty.

5/97: Principal Investigator, Southwest Washington Medical Center, "Insurance, immunization status, and adherence in pediatric ER patients." Longitudinal study examining physical and behavioral health outcomes of children seen in the ER for noncritical medical concerns. $25,000.

Recent Publications

Soliday, E., Garofalo, J. P., & Rogers, D. (in press). Expressive writing intervention for adolescents’ somatic symptoms and mood. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology.